ANNOUNCEMENT 19 Jan 2017­ by Stephen Haselden

The Endless Day… In Space 2

Today marks the beginning of 'The Endless Day', a celebration by the studio to honour its sixth anniversary. Amplitude studios are a modern gaming success story, they started as indie devs just six years ago, they went from working on a niche game (Endless Space), to revitalizing a genre (4X), to mastering it (Endless legend). Last…
ANNOUNCEMENT 12 Jan 2017­ by Stephen Haselden

Stars in Shadow Releases Next Week!

Asdar Games have announced the release date for their upcoming 4X title, Stars in Shadow, as the 19th of January. That's only next Thursday! In case you missed it, Stars in Shadow (SiS) entered Steam Early Access just four months ago. During that time it's had many significant tweaks and improvements, as well as extra…
ANNOUNCEMENT 10 Jan 2017­ by Stephen Haselden

Free-To-Play Resurrects Savage Resurrected

As of the 9th of January, 2017, Savage Resurrection became free to play. This remake of the classic 2003 game Savage progressed to release state in August last year. However, dissatisfaction by the core fans with some design decisions and a lack of feedback from the developers, led to a rapid decline in its player base. On…
ANNOUNCEMENT 06 Jan 2017­ by Stephen Haselden

Tokyo 42, I Dream of Cyberpunk

Imagine a Blade Runner-esq, open-world, multiplayer shooter, then imagine it's set in Tokyo, throw in some cats. make it isometric, design it with pixel art and primary colours and presto-change-o, you'll have Tokyo 42 in your head...now what are you going to do about it? Personally, I’m going to obsess over this intriguing game until it either…
ANNOUNCEMENT 03 Jan 2017­ by Stephen Haselden

Rimworlds and Wanderlust

RimWorld is one of those delightful games that keeps being expanding upon in Steam Early Access, despite being a better game and more complete than 90% of other titles on Steam currently! RimWorld's latest update Alpha 16, named ‘Wanderlust’, adds a whole new aspect to this intriguing game. Up until now the game has furnished players…
ANNOUNCEMENT 22 Dec 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

The Inevitable Game Development of MyWorld’s Kickstart…

With the growth in popularity of indie games, and the ease (and apparent lucrativeness) of placing games on Steam, game creation software has become a growing and competitive market. After sixteen years in the business of selling game creation software, the development team known as The Game Creators, began last year, tackling the Steam market in…
ANNOUNCEMENT 21 Dec 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

AI War 2 Doubles Its Kickstarter Funding Target

Just a brief update, AI War 2 finished its Kickstarter campaign on Monday. In a final sprint to the end, pledges jumped a further $10k in the last three days of the campaign, bringing total pledges reaching over $97k, nearly double its target of $50k, and just shy of their fourth funding goal: Ancient super weapons…
ANNOUNCEMENT 19 Dec 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Help the Cause Through Earth Liberation Early Access

One of the most exciting sci-fi series I know is the World War saga by Harry Turtledove. World War sees humanity unite during WWII, in order to survive an invasion of alien lizards known as “the race”. So when I read that Earth Liberation aims to defend the humanity from alien lizards in an RTS…
ANNOUNCEMENT 19 Dec 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Space Engineers “BLOWS MY MIND AGAIN”

Space Engineers has spent three glorious years in Early Access, and now it’s finally ready for rel… NOPE, we’ve just reached Beta! For some bizarre reason the team at Keen Software House refuse to "release" their award winning game. It was over three years ago when Space Engineers first started its journey on Steam Early…
ANNOUNCEMENT 16 Dec 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Bees, Butter, and AI War 2

“Buttery Smooth and Covered in Bees” is how Chris Park (founder of Arken Games)  describes AI War 2. The video above is somewhat lacking in the usual bombastic light show we’ve grown used to in marketing trailers. Instead, here there's just a whiteboard, Chris, and his infectious enthusiasm for this innovative RTS sequel. Just nine…
ANNOUNCEMENT 15 Dec 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Dishonored 2 Sees New Game Plus With Free Update

The update titled, Game Update 1, will be launched Monday the 19th of December. This New Game Plus update aims to add more longevity to Dishonored 2 by unlocking more abilities once you’ve completed the game, and giving you more choice in how you “tool up” your character. With more updates being planned for January and onward,…
ANNOUNCEMENT 14 Dec 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Endless AI Possibilities in Space…2

Have I told you how much I appreciate Early Access road maps? Frankly this is something that should be mandatory for any Early Access games, but while they're not, the few games that do follow this practice should be roundly praised. Endless Space 2 is one of those games that has released a comprehensive designed…
ANNOUNCEMENT 13 Dec 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Sudden Strike 4… Still Nothing New to Report?

I feel the need to apologize on behalf of Kalypso, the above trailer for Sudden Strike 4 shows very little difference to the one they sent us four months ago. When I complained about the lack of details and the lack of originality for their upcoming game. In their defense, the news that Sudden Strike 4 can…
ANNOUNCEMENT 08 Dec 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Stellaris Update 1.4 Alexis Kennedy’s Horizon Signal

Writers are often the unsung heroes of well written games. Paradox are one developer who recognize this, indeed, they have already given tribute to many writers. Each time Paradox release a major update for Stellaris they have named it after one of Sci Fi's greatest writers, such as: Asimov, Heinlein or Clarke. But this time they’ve…